The Cape Dory Board

John, We used a 55 lb steel Spade on about 180 ft of 5/8 Hi test chain backed up by 100 ft of rope. Hauled up by a Maxwell 1200 vertical windlass. Wonderful anchor - self stowing and releasing on the roller, sets very easily and generally digs in within a few feet. I slept well at night. We transfer...

Mitchell, Philip and Sharon,

Many thanks for the feedback. Is there any problem with either size Rocna (44 lb or 55 lb) contacting the bobstay?

Thanks,

Warren

Mitchell,

How does the 44 lb Rocna fit on a CD 36 bowsprit? Is there room for a bigger one? I have been looking at replacing my 35 lb CQR and 44 lb Bruce with a single big anchor, maybe a 55 lb or even the 73 lb Rocna.

Thanks,

Warren Stringer
s/v Eendracht
CD 36 #54, 1981

Paul,

The Sensibulbs fit just fine in our berth lights. I have replaced all the old halogens in our 1981 CD 36.

Warren

A point of caution if you "T" from the head intake and have a Lavac toilet: make sure the entire intake hose to the pump is well below the siphon break in the head intake hose. Otherwise when you have finished with your washdown, any backflow from the deck fitting to the pump can fill the ...

John, We made this upgrade several years ago - it is well worth it, although you will lose a couple inches of travel on each side. Our installation was done at and by Robinhood using a Harken traveller system. Our system has 4:1 purchase, which is marginal when we want to adjust the traveller to win...

Carol and I will be there the entire show. We will be staying in the Marriott. We would love to meet any fellow Dorians.

Warren Stringer

We do not have a lot of experience but have been playing with the asymmetrical a few times this summer - always in winds under 8 kts and very calm water. So far, inside (between the tack line and the headstay) has been easier. Procedure (with a crew of 3, don't know how well this will work with just...

Several years ago we were overnighting between Cat Cay and Chubb Cay in the Bahamas, travelling in company with two other boats. We anchored on the bank in about 20 feet of water with a 44 lb Bruce on 100+ feet of 3/8 BBB. There was a fair amount of grass on the bottom but from the surface, at least...

Kevin -

There used to be a CD 45 berthed at Robinhood - Don't know if it is still there.

Warren

Most line drawings I have seen show the CE leading the CLR a little. The reason, as I understand it, is that as the boat heels, the CE moves laterally to leeward of the center of resistance (to forward movement) and creates weather helm. This is part of the reason weather helm increases in stronger ...

Eendracht's standarfd three blade prop was replaced with a 15 inch three blade Max Prop. The shaft was shortened 2 5/8 inches and re-keyed. It is a fairly tight fit but the aperture did not need to be enlarged nor the rudder stops changed.

Warren

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I will have to talk to the boatyard tomorrow.

Warren

We installed a Max prop on Eendracht, CD 36, 1981, without needing to modify the cutout or the rudder stops. As I recall, the shaft was shortened a bit.

Warren

Troy,

We raised the aft end of the boom about 12 inches, and recut the foot of the sail, and added new leech reefing cringles. We did not change any of the other reef points since with lazy jacks we never use them. The sail still sets just fine, both reefed and unreefed.